Shahristan 1945

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	SHAHRISTAN
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	27/02/1945
Completed:	04/1945
Builder:	J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard:	South Shields
Yard Number:	544
Dimensions:	7311grt, 5270nrt, 431.2 x 56.3 x 35.6ft
Engines:	T3cyl (24.5, 37 & 70 x 48ins), 505Mn
Engines by:	J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South shields
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	180552

History:
04/1945	Strick Line (1928) Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd, managers), London
19/12/1962	Broken up

Comments:	19/12/1962: Broken up at Monfalcone

Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair